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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department, in which he will be found guilty on one federal charge in exchange for his release back to Australia.
2024-06-24

Australia begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18 years old who received their second dose at least six months ago.
2021-11-8

Facebook bans Australian news publishers from posting and Australian users from viewing and sharing news content in a preemptive retaliation move against the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's (ACCC) proposed News Media Bargaining Code, which would require Facebook to pay to host Australian news content. A number of key government and charity organisations were also blocked for several hours.
2021-02-18

Nationwide protests against animal cruelty take place in Australia. In the city of Melbourne, protesters blocked a major intersection for four hours before it was dispatched by police; several people were arrested.
2019-04-8

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will for the first time participate in Exercise Talisman Saber, a joint exercise between the United States and Australia.
2015-05-26

Denis Napthine is sworn in as the Premier of the Australian state of Victoria replacing Ted Baillieu.
2013-03-7

Mike Rann, the Premier of the Australian state of South Australia, announces that he will be resigning on October 20 to be replaced by Education Minister Jay Weatherill.
2011-08-8

A piece of stone axe found at the Gabarnmung rock art gallery on the lands of the Jawoyn people in Australia's Northern Territory is dated at 35,500 years old making the oldest of its type in the world.
2010-11-4

The "Plastiki", a catamaran made out of recycled plastic, arrives in Sydney, Australia, after travelling across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco, United States, to raise awareness of environmental issues.
2010-07-26

Mary MacKillop is to become Australia's first saint, after being approved by the Holy See for canonization.
2010-02-19